'3rd Bn, 2nd Bombay Pioneers. Meerut, 21st December 1928.'

Photograph, India, 1928. Captioned: 'Group taken at the final inspection of the Battalion prior to reorganisation of Pioneers by H.E. the Commander-in-Chief.'.

The group photograph has the subjects named as: rear row, left to right: Jemadar Karim Khan, Subadars Acchar Singh MSM, Binda Singh MSM, Abdul Latif Khan IOM, Shadi Khan IDSM, Jemadars Munir Khan, Sultan Khan, Laximanrao Ghag and Dajt Gujar; middle row, left to right: Captain W R Lloyd-Jones, Captain (later Brigadier) Robert Douglas Whitehill, 'Major L.W.S Mathias DSO' (presumably Leonard William Henry Mathias), Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Henry Blackwell OBE, Lieutenant-Colonel David Benjamin Gray MC, Field Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood, Commander-in-Chief, Subadar-Major Honorary Lieutenant Karam Singh Sardar Bahadur IDSM, Major Alfred William Pulverman, Captains Cubitt Archer Grant Rundle MC, Gerard Lionel Tomkins MC and Roger Willis Kearns; front row, left to right: Subadar Krishna Kalange, Jemadars Sohrab Khan, Soirpati More, Captain George Stanley Newman, Jemadars Fateh Mohomed, Nihal Khan and Labh Singh.

The 128th Pioneers were formerly the 28th Bombay Native Infantry, raised in 1846. In 1888 the 28th Bombay Infantry became the 28th (Pioneer) Regiment of Bombay Infantry. In 1901 the unit became the 28th Bombay Pioneers. They were renumbered the 128th Pioneers as part of the reform of the Indian Army in 1903.

The regiment fought in the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and in the 1st Sudan War in 1885. In 1897 it took part in the Tirah campaign on the North West Frontier of India. During World War One (1914-1918) the regiment served in Egypt. In 1922 the regiment formed the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Bombay Pioneers and in 1932 it was disbanded.

From an album of photographs relating to the 128th Pioneers, 28th Bombay Pioneers, and 3rd Battalion 2nd Bombay Pioneers, 1870-1928.